Clemens Brunner is a PhD student at the Computer Sciences Department at University of Salzburg since 2018 and a researcher at the Center for Secure Energy Informatics at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences since 2018. He received his Master s degree in 2017 from University of Innsbruck. His
current research interest is on decentralized trust management systems and privacy preserving authentication.

Fabian Knirsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Secure Energy Informatics and a professor at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and received his PhD in Computer Sciences from the University of Salzburg. His research interest is currently on security, privacy and privacy-enhancing technologies as well as on decentralized technologies.

Erich Höpoldseder has successfully implemented innovations and business development processes in various markets for international companies, e.g., SkiData and Sony DADC for more than 25 years. He has excellent management, technical, sales and social skills and has filed several patents in the field of data storage and secure hologram design. He supports products that improve the quality of life of people and contribute to greater safety.

Dominik Engel is a professor at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in Austria, where he heads the Center for Secure Energy Informatics. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Salzburg and a venia docendi in Applied Informatics at the same university. He was a researcher at the Universities of Bremen and Salzburg and product manager at Sony DADC. His current research interests include methods for enhancing privacy, security and end-user trust.